Disgraced Post Office boss Paula Vennells arrives surrounded by cops to give evidence at Horizon inquiry for first time
DISGRACED ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells has arrived to give evidence for the first time at the Horizon IT public inquiry today.The wrong convictions, which happened between 2000 and 2014, were based on information from a new computer system named Horizon.Met Office issues 'danger to life' amber warning as flash floods strike nation
She may also be questioned on whether she believed there were any miscarriages of justice during her tenure after Alisdair Cameron, the chief financial officer, told the probe she did not and “could not have got there emotionally”.Hundreds of subpostmasters were wrongly convicted- which in some cases amounted to thousands of pounds - and some even tried to fix the issue with their own
“She's not been able to, for whatever reason, speak for all these years. I think it's important that she is listened to and heard and then we can all judge that."He continued: "Let's hear what, why and when, and who - who was involved in those decisions, why those decisions were made.
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